Improvement in cotton-presses



W. H. norm.

COTTON-PRESS; No.18Z 365. Patented Sept. 19,1876.

WITNESSES N- PETERS, PHUTO-LITHOGHAPHER, WASHINGTON. D. O.

NITED STATES PATENT CFFIGE,

WILLIAM H. HORN, OF SAN AUGUSTINE, TEXAS.

IMPROVEMENT IN COTTON-PRESS ES.

Speccifiatwn forming part of Letters Patent No. 1 82,365, dated September 19, 1876; application filed March 6, 1876. I

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM H. HORN, of San Augustine, in the county of San Augustine and State of Texas, have invented a new and Improved Cotton-Press, of which'the following is a specification:

My invention relates to the press on which a Patent (N 0. 150,573) was granted May 5,1874, to William B. Hollowell; and it consists of a duplicate master-wheel on the drum for working the follower; also,-an improved contrivance for connecting the pitman to the lever and to its pivot, whereby the machine is rendered more efficient, and may be made lighter for a given strength.

The invention will first be described in connection with the drawing, and then pointed out in claim.

Figure l is a side elevation of myimproved machine, and Fig.2 is an end elevation of the same. i

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.

To the drum A, which works the lever B by the rope O, I now propose to apply two master-wheels, d, for working it, instead of one,

as heretofore, whereby I obtain more leverage with the same size of wheel, and the drum works without any cramping in the bearings, thus making the machine more eificient than with one wheel only. I connect the lever B to the pitman E by the pin Gr, above the lever, and the stirrup F, going around the pivot. 'I also apply the stirrup H around the pivot l of the pitnian, whereby much with lever B- by a pin, G, and stirrups G H,

as and for the purpose specified.

' WILLIAM HENRY HORN. Witnesses: y

B. F. BLOUNT,

W. H. CROUCH. 

